Kiseljak Mayor and 4 Others Charged with Abuse of Office

The Department for Economic Crime of the Cantonal Prosecutor's Office of Sarajevo Canton has gathered sufficient evidence after an investigation and filed an indictment against Vice Milanović, director of "Promet-Mid" d.o.o. Kiseljak for committing the criminal offense of abuse of position or authority and the criminal offense of tax evasion, it was announced from the KS Prosecutor's Office, reports the BH News Agency Patria.

An indictment has also been filed against Mirsad Tabak, an employee of "Agram" d.o.o. Ljubuški for committing the criminal offense of abuse of position or authority and the criminal offense of forgery of a document, Mladen Mišurić-Ramljak, Mayor of Kiseljak Municipality for committing the criminal offense of abuse of position or authority and the criminal offense of forgery, Ekrem Suljević, an employee of FUP and Head of the Operational Duty Department - Uniformed Police Sector, for committing the criminal offense of abuse of position or authority and the criminal offense of forgery of a document, and against Mario Rajić, an employee of "Promet-Mid" d.o.o. Kiseljak for committing the criminal offense of forgery of a document.

The suspects are accused that in the period from November 2006 to May 5, 2011, they knew they were acting contrary to the Rulebook on professional training of drivers of motor vehicles carrying dangerous goods and other persons participating in the transport of these goods, and that the commission of which they were members did not consist of a president and two members, and that the minutes were signed by the president and all members of the examination committee.

The commission members received cash compensation for their work, which was not recorded anywhere. Based on illegal procedures in conducting exams, and forging the signatures of commission members who were not present at the exams, certificates and ADR certificates were issued by FUP. The legal entity "Promet mid" d.o.o. Kiseljak conducted the professional training and exams for the ADR certificate, and the revenues from the candidates were not deposited in the cash register, nor were these revenues recorded in the business records for the purpose of fulfilling tax obligations.

Therefore, with the intention of obtaining unlawful property gain for themselves or others, they exceeded the limits of their authority or failed to perform their duties, acquiring a benefit for themselves exceeding 50,000 KM, with the intention of avoiding the payment of prescribed taxes according to the tax legislation in FBiH, providing false information about their acquired taxable income and other facts that affect the determination of such obligations, and the amount of the obligation whose payment is avoided exceeds 10,000 KM, and they created a false public document with the aim of using such a document as genuine;

The Cantonal Court confirmed the indictment, and the accused are expected to enter their pleas soon.